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Glacier National Park

Painted Lodges

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students learn about the uniqueness of lodge designs and connection with animals. They use art skills to design their own lodges, write explanations of, and share designs. An optional activity is to construct a scale model lodge.

Yellowstone National Park

Painting 1000 Words

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students examine historic Yellowstone artwork and discover the influential “voices” of painter Thomas Moran and photographer William H. Jackson. Students then give voice to their own Yellowstone experiences through watercolors and photographs.

Mesa Verde National Park

The Dirt on Ancestral Puebloan Plaster and Paint

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Plaster and paint are integral parts of archeological research at Mesa Verde. In this lesson, students use soil to create their own plaster artwork. They also act as archeologists and use the scientific method to explain how the Ancestral Pueblo people used soil to make plaster and paint. By the end of the lesson, they will be able to answer the question: What can archeologists learn from studying plasters about the Ancestral Puebloan people and their artwork?

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Arts, Crafts, Clothing and Appearance: Flint, Pottery, Painting

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Hidatsas and Mandans made tools, housewares, clothing, toys, and musical instruments from things that were available nearby or sometimes farther off if the material was important in the production of the item. In this lesson, students will tell a story by designing a buffalo robe like people did during Knife River Village days and they will discuss and portray how people might describe the life-ways of today one hundred years from the present using their media of choice.

“With Great Pains and Accuracy”

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Lewis and Clark were given specific instructions on what to write about on their expedition. By reading the original letter given by Thomas Jefferson have your students identify not only the reasons for the Corps of Discovery but also if these can be useful in their own lives while traveling.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Missouri Capital Mural 5th & 6th Grade

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting the Capitol Mural.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Missouri Capitol Mural 3rd & 4th Grade

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting Capitol Mural.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Missouri Capital Mural 7th & 8th Grade

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting the Capitol mural.

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Virtual Field Trip to Weir Farm National Historical Park

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Through videos and 3-D virtual tours, students are introduced to the artists who lived and created art at Weir Farm. They are encouraged to look closely at paintings and painting sites to discover artistic inspiration.

Wind Cave National Park

Fossils!

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

A fun activity for small children. They can choose what fossil to make and then paint it.

Gateway Arch National Park

ArtCH Camp Summer Camp

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Explore the Gateway Arch National Park like never before! Students will visit the Gateway Arch learn how to draw, paint, sculpt, and build with professional artists to create their own masterpieces.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Make Your Own Fossils

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Many of the fossils found in the paper shales of the Florissant Formation formed through a process called carbonization. Students will get the chance to make compressions of plants in this activity and may use paint to mimic the carbonization process.

Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam Then and Now

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will study historic photographs, sketches, and paintings of the battle and then compare them to modern photographs of the battlefield. They will then complete a writing assignment that compares the battlefield then and now. Skills: Reading, writing, utilization and analysis of primary sources, group discussion.

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Art Alive! (Grades 1-4)

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Art Alive! (Grades 5-8)

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Weir Farm National Historical Park

Art Alive! (Grades 9-12)

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students participating in a field trip at Weir Farm National Historical Park learn about the three generations of American artists who lived and painted her, and experience the authentic, untouched landscape that inspired them. Here are additional pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities for your students!

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Geologic Maps

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will make their own interpretive map of the Florissant valley using either watercolor paint or whatever else is available to them. The students will create their maps using a video filmed at the overlook point on the geologic trail to provide them with a large view of the valley. They will use Arthur Lakes’ 1878 watercolor map of the Florissant valley as a reference.

Art and Archeology: “Crashing the Gates” with Ann Axtell Morris

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Ann Axtell was a prominent archeologist, artist, and author. Ann spent much of her time recording and painting architecture, petroglyphs and pictographs, landscapes, and expedition work. Many of her recording methods are still in use today by modern archeologists. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

"Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - Oh, My!"

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - oh, my!

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.